Door-hanger.



PATENTED NOV. 13, 1906.

S. J. REYNOLDS.

DOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. 190s.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DOOR-HANGER..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application tiled May 1, 19706. Serial No. 314,691.

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Beit '.nown that l, SAMUEL J. ltnrNoLDs,

with respect to the iloor or other support andy securely locked in adjusted position.

A further obj ect of the invention is to pro-,-

vide an adjusting-bolt the head of which is formed with. a series of radial recesses adapted to receive a pivoted locking-dog for preventing accidental rotation of the bolt.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination. and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. A

In the accomp .nying drawings, 'forming a part of this speci ication, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of' a door, showing a hanger constructed in accordance with my invention in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective view of one of the plates constituting the bolt-supporting bracket. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the lockingdog detached.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding drawings.

The improvedl device comprises an attaching-plate 5, adapted to be secured to the top of a door 6 and provided with spaced vertically-disposed loops 7. Mounted on the attaching member 5 is a relatively movable plate 8, having inclined slots or recesses 9 formed therein, defining lugs 10, adapted to engage the loops '7.

Secured to the upper edge of the late 8 is a strap or hanger 11, u on W '.ch is mounted for rotation a whee or roller, 12, adapted to bear against an overhead track '13. One end of the plate 8 is inclined or beveled at 14, and secured to the inclined end of said plate, as by a rivet or similar fastening device 15, is a sleeve 16, the interior walls of which are threaded for engagement" parts in all of the figures of the threads on an adjusting-bolt 17. Secured to the plate 5 in advance of the sleeve 16 is a supporting bracket comprising a pair olf plates 18 and 19, the lower ends of' which are reduced and pass through an opening 20 in the menibcr 5, the upper ends of said plates or arms being rigidly secured. together by a rivet or bolt 2l. The intermediate portions .of the plates 18 and 19 are spacedI apart to form a recess or chamber for the reception of the bolt 17, the latter being provided with an enlarged head, which bears against the outer edges of the plates 18 and 19 .and is formed with a series of radial recesses 22, adapted to receive a locking dog or awl 23. The dog 23 is pivotally mounte for swinging move-,inert between the plates 18 and 19 on the` pivot-pin 21 and is provided with depression .or recess 24, defining a locking-lugI 25, adapted to engage a recess 26, formed in the adjacent wall of the plate 19, so that when the locking-dog is moved 4downwardly to operative position in engagement with any one of the locking-recesses 22 the lug 25 will enter the recess 26, and thereby prevent accidental displace-- ment oi said locking-dog. The free end of the locking-dog is provided with a V-shaped notch27, adapted to receive a screw-driver or similar tool for moving the dog to elevated or inoperative position. It will thus be seen thai' when the dog is moved to operative position the lug 25 will engage the interior wall of the plate 19 and force the samelaterally to permit the lug to enter the recess 26, and in which position it will be retained by the spring clamping action of said plates.

ln operation when it is desired to adjust the door vertically vfwith respect to the floor or support the screw 17 is rotated until the desired adjustment is eiiected, after which the locking dog or pawl 23 is swung downwardly on the pivot 21 and forced into engagement with the adjacent radial recess 22, thus locking the door in adjusted position and effectually preventing accidental rotation of the screw. ln order to release the dog, it is merely necessaryto insert the point of a screw-driver or similar tool in the notch 27 and force saiddog upwardly until the end of the do clears the side walls of the lockingrecess, w ien the screw may be again rotated vvto eHect a further adjustment.

-From the foregoing description it will be seen that there isprovided an extremely simple, inexpensive, and efficient device admir- IOO IIO

ably adapted for the attainment of the ends 1n view.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is-.-

1. A device of the class described comprising relatively stationary and movable members, a threaded sleeve secured to one of said members, a bracket carried by the adjacent member, a screw threaded bolt passed through the bracket and engaging the same and the' threads on the sleeve and having its head provided with a plurality of radial recesses, and a locking-dog pivotally mounted on the bracket and adapted to eng-age the recesses in the head of the bolt.

2. A device oi the class described comprising relatively stationary and movable members, a threaded sleeve secured to one of the members, a bracket carried by the adjacent member and having one arm thereof formed with a depression, a threaded bolt passed through the bracket and engaging the same and the threads On the sleeve, the head of said bolt being provided with a plurality of radial recesses, and a locking-dog pivotally mounted on the bracket and adapted to engage the recesses in the head of the bolt, said dog being provided with a locking-lug adapted to engage the depression in the arm of the bracket when the dog is moved to operative position.

3. A device of the class described comprising relatively stationary and movable members, a threaded sleeve secured to one of the members, a bracket carried by the adjacent member and comprising a pair of plates spaced apart to `form an intermediate recess, a pin connecting the upper ends of the plates, a threaded bolt passed through the recess in the bracket and engaging the bracket and the threads on the sleeve, the head of thebolt being formed with a series of radial recesses, and a locking-dog interposed between the plates and pivotally mounted for swinging movement on 'said pin for en aUement with the recesses in the head of theollt.

4. A device of the class described comprising relatively stationary and movable members, a threaded sleeve secured to one of the members, a bracket carried by the adjacent member and comprising a pair of plates the lower ends of which are secured to said member in advance of the threaded sleeve and their opposite ends united by a transverse pin, the adjacent walls oi' the plates` being spaced apart to form a recess, one of said plates being provided with a depression adjacent the connecting-pin, a threaded bolt passed through the recess in the bracket and engagingtlie same and the threads on the sleeve and having a plurality Oi radial recesses formed in its head, a locking-dog interposed between the upper ends of the plates and pivotally mounted for swinging movement on the transverse pin for engagement with the recesses in the bolt, there being a depression formed in the locking-dog and defining a laterally-extending lug for engagement with the depression in one of the plates Oi the bracket when the dog is 'moved to operative position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my Own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL J. REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE H. HARRISON, HAROLD REYNOLDS. 

